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Plans to build Australia's biggest coal mining operation are now on hold after the Queensland Government failed to agree on a royalties package. In a Cabinet meeting yesterday, the Queensland Government didn't decide whether to give the $21 billion project a 'royalties holiday' that had been ...

The Rockhampton Mayor says it would be more economically responsible to built a multi-million dollar levee in the central Queensland city, than constantly deal with the aftermath of massive flooding. The city is still in the midst of a major flood event, with waters only expected to ease off ...

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2014 was the year that Ukraine became a news bulletin fixture, with the Euromaidan uprising in Kiev, Russia's annexation of Crimea, and the beginning of the conflict in the country's east. We may not hear about Ukraine as much these days, but the repercussions of this momentous year are still being ...

The United States is pulling out, but the rest of the world is still committed to the Paris agreement on climate change. And this week, world leaders gathered in the French capital and pledged to "make the planet great again". Also at that summit, the World Bank announced it would stop funding oil and ...

"Blow up the pokies" has been the rallying cry of several lone voices in politics over the years from Nick Xenophon in South Australia, to Andrew Wilkie in Tasmania. And now, the Tasmanian Labor Party is pledging to remove poker machines from clubs and pubs if it wins office at the state election due ...

US President Donald Trump was keen to get ahead of the fallout following Republican Roy Moore's loss in Alabama, firing off early morning tweets about why he initially supported Roy Moore's Republican Primary opponent Luther Strange. He tweeted, "The reason I originally endorsed Luther ...